Doug Walker

By mid 2012, Doug was convinced that Nostalgia Critic (2007) was beginning to show its age and he was becoming more and more hard up for material, so he decided to bring the show's five-year-long run to a close following the release of To Boldly Flee (2012). While at the same time, site traffic for TGWTG had stagnated and a sure way of keeping people interested in their programming, Michael Michaud, the CEO, had acquired studio space in Chicago to begin producing some new shows to add to the line-up. Walker himself will be producing and starring in two of the shows. In January 2013, Walker decided to revive The Nostalgia Critic series, owing to both the critical failure of Demo Reel (2012) and because he became re-inspired to do reviews after watching The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012), and he has announced that on February 5, the show is coming back.

Doug Walker was born in Naples, Italy; and because his father was in the Navy, lived in many different places across the United States when he was growing up. He went on to study film at Northern Illinois University, majoring in communications. After college, he worked as an illustrator and started making YouTube videos for fun. He first grabbed viewers' attention with clever 5 second movie versions of popular films, and gained more notoriety with his snarky "Nostalgia Critic" reviews. In 2008, "Nostalgia Critic" moved from YouTube to the independent site That Guy With the Glasses and Channel Awesome.

Is good friends with James Rolfe who is better known as the Angry Video Game Nerd. In 2007 they developed a feud after the AVGN reviewed The Wizard (1989), which culminated in a battle to the "death". Both men have clarified that the feud was all in fun and that they actually are fans of each other's work.

His dislikes the following popular films: Cars (2006)Gladiator (2000)American Pie (1999)Avatar (2009)With Honors (1994)Signs (2002)Nell (1994)Matilda (1996)District 9 (2009)Moulin Rouge! (2001).

His favourite anime movies are: Millennium Actress (2001)The Wind Rises (2013)Grave of the Fireflies (1988)Wolf Children (2012)Akira (1988)Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)Spirited Away (2001).

He likes the following badly-received films: Unbreakable (2000)Punch-Drunk Love (2002)Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)Hancock (2008)The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)The Cable Guy (1996)The Matrix Reloaded (2003)Spider-Man 3 (2007)X-Men: The Last Stand (2006).

His twenty favorite films are, in order: Titus (1999)Hamlet (1996)Patton (1970)Ed Wood (1994)Fantasia (1940)The Secret of NIMH (1982)Sideways (2004)Spirited Away (2001)A Clockwork Orange (1971)Fearless (1993)Citizen Kane (1941)Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)The Dark Knight (2008)Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)Lost in Translation (2003)Eyes Wide Shut (1999)Batman (1989)To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)Amadeus (1984)Brazil (1985).

His favourite comedy films are: Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993)Rat Race (2001)Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)The Blues Brothers (1980)Shrek 2 (2004)Ghostbusters (1984)Spaceballs (1987)What's Up, Doc? (1972)The Great Race (1965)Hot Fuzz (2007).

A fan of Batman: The Animated Series (1992), his favourite episodes are: Batman: The Animated Series: Beware the Gray Ghost (1992)Batman: The Animated Series: The Man Who Killed Batman (1993)The New Batman Adventures: Mad Love (1999)Batman: The Animated Series: Birds of a Feather (1993)Batman: The Animated Series: Two-Face Part I (1992)/Batman: The Animated Series: Two-Face Part II (1992)The New Batman Adventures: Over the Edge (1998)Batman: The Animated Series: Perchance to Dream (1992)Batman: The Animated Series: Heart of Ice (1992)Batman: The Animated Series: Trial (1994)Batman: The Animated Series: Baby-Doll (1994)Batman: The Animated Series: Almost Got 'im (1992).

Some of the movies that he chose as the worst movies he has ever reviewed and hate the most appeared on his idols, Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert's worst movies list of the year. Gene's picks that appeared on his list were Drop Dead Fred (1991) and Patch Adams (1998) and Roger's picks that appeared on his list were Baby Geniuses (1999) and Inspector Gadget (1999). It is also hinted in their "Worst Movies of 1989" list, that Gene hated Little Monsters (1989) (while it didn't appearer on his list) when Roger put The Wizard (1989) on his worst list, both staring Fred Savage.

A Fan of The Simpsons (1989), his favourite episodes are: The Simpsons: Deep Space Homer (1994)The Simpsons: Itchy & Scratchy & Marge (1990)The Simpsons: Homer's Enemy (1997)The Simpsons: Cape Feare (1993)The Simpsons: Homer at the Bat (1992)The Simpsons: 22 Short Films About Springfield (1996)The Simpsons: Marge vs. the Monorail (1993)The Simpsons: Homer the Great (1995)The Simpsons: Lisa's Wedding (1995)Any Treehouse of Horror episodeThe Simpsons: Bart Gets an F (1990).

Despite all the poorly received movies he's reviewed, he says The Garbage Pail Kids Movie (1987) is the worst movie he's ever seen.

His favorite Disney movies are: Flight of the Navigator (1986)Lilo & Stitch (2002)Alice in Wonderland (1951)The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)/Up (2009)Frozen (2013)Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)Beauty and the Beast (1991)Inside Out (2015)Mary Poppins (1964)Fantasia (1940).

He considers Amadeus (1984) and To Kill a Mockingbird (1963) to be perfect movies.

His favorite shows are: Fawlty Towers (1975)Seinfeld (1989)Louie (2010)The Twilight Zone (1959)Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969)Peter Pan and the Pirates (1990)In Living Color (1990)3rd Rock from the Sun (1996)Malcolm in the Middle (2000)Animaniacs (1993)The Simpsons (1989)South Park (1997)Black Books (2000)Roseanne (1988)BlackadderCowboy Bebop (1998)Batman: The Animated Series (1992)Red Dwarf (1988)Home Movies (1999)Daria (1997).